The EX Plan

The EX Plan is a free quit smoking program that helps one re-learn their life without cigarettes.
Before actually stopping smoking, those interested will be given skills and information necessary
to make stopping successful. Alternative therapies including the electronic cigarette, hypnosis and
laser therapy are also discussed.

Help by phone

National Cancer Institute quitline

1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)

The National Cancer Institute's trained counselors are available to provide information and help
with quitting in English or Spanish, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Your state quitline

1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)

Calling this toll-free number will connect you directly to your state quitline. All states have quitlines
in place with trained coaches who provide information and help with quitting. Specific services and
hours of operation vary from state to state.

Help in your neighborhood

1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)

Calling this toll-free number can connect you to cessation services and other resources offered in
your area.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York State Smokers' Quitline

This site offers information about the affects of smoking, free nicotine replacement therapy for eligible
users, and access to an online community of other New Yorkers who have quit smoking. Further, the NY
State Department of Health Tobacco Control Program has a telephone hotline for more support.

Surgeongeneral.gov

This guide to the 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health contains
information about the harms of tobacco, the benefits of quitting smoking and free resources that are available
to smokers who want to quit.

American Lung Association

To help adult smokers quit, the American Lung Association offers Freedom From Smoking, which teaches
skills and techniques proven to help smokers quit. This program is available as a group clinic, online program
or self-help book. You can also speak to a cessation counselor at the Lung HelpLine.

Quit Tobacco - Make Everyone Proud

This educational campaign is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense to help members of the military
quit tobacco. Service members and veterans can learn more about tobacco cessation, develop a personalized
plan for quitting, create a personal or public quit blog, and get live online help around the clock.